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On the generalized Lie structure of associative algebras

1996, Israel Journal of Mathematics

Abstract

We study the structure of Lie algebras in the category HAd of H-comodules for a cotriangular bialgebra (H, ( I )) and in particular the H-Lie structure of an algebra A in HA//. We show that if A is a sum of two H-commutative subrings, then the H-commutator ideal of A is nilpotent; thus if A is also semiprime, A is H-commutative. We show an analogous result for arbitrary H-Lie algebras when H is cocommutative. We next discuss the H-Lie ideal structure of A. We show that if A is H-simple *